Philosopher Marilyn Frye analyzes the forces which subordinate women
and describes "those forces in ways which help make sense of the experiences
of women who live in all sorts of different situations." The Politics
of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press,
1983. In a subsequent set of essays she theorizes about the "rejection
of assimilation, the embrace of boundary living, and the commitment to women's
invention of women at and beyond the limits of patriarchy." Willful
Virgin: Essays in Feminism. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1992.

Mathematical biophysicist Evelyn Fox Keller discusses the role of gender in the construction of science.
In particular, she asks: "How much of the nature of science is bound
up with the idea of masculinity, and what would it mean for science if it
were otherwise?" Reflections on Gender and Science. New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1985.

Historian Gerda Lerner hypothesizes that "it is the relationship of women to
history which explains the nature of female subordination, the causes for
women's cooperation in the process of their subordination, and the conditions
for their opposition to it." The Creation of Patriarchy. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1986. In a sequel she states that "women were
denied knowledge of their history [and since] they could not ground their
argument in the work of women before them, thinking women of each generation
had to waste their time, energy and talent on constructing their argument
anew. The Creation of Feminist Consciousness. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1993.